I just learn my lines, go on set. Do my preparation, whatever that is. Have a cup of coffee. Say hello to everyone. And be friendly. "Action" - and then do it. Anthony Hopkins More Quotes by Anthony Hopkins More Quotes From Anthony Hopkins I believe I am quite amiable and affable and quite fair, and I've rarely worked with people who are the opposite. Moodiness scares me. What gets to me is unkindness. Madness. Unwarranted cruelty through words. People who scream and shout at work. I hate confrontation and violence. I've done it in the past and I don't want to do it again. I guess I want a perfect world. Anthony Hopkins hate believe past I don't like mushiness. I'm a very emotional person but I hate sentimentality. I don't like great demonstrations of emotion. But as I'm getting older, I'm getting much more open about all that. Anthony Hopkins getting-older emotional hate The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting. Anthony Hopkins acting facts art I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people. Anthony Hopkins solitude personality people The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice. Anthony Hopkins voice sound trying I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to actors when I have taught in classes, or when I sometimes do a talk to a group. I'll say, “If I never acted again, the world wouldn't stop, nor would it stop if I didn't stop acting. That's how important it is. I know it [seems] important when you're young. But I say, “Lighten up. Don't take it all so seriously.” All the gurus and teachers will take your money and run. Anthony Hopkins running teacher thinking We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Anthony Hopkins atheist dream believe Sometimes I feel tired and think I ought to give it up, I don't want to just retire. No, I enjoy it all and you just keep going until the day comes when you can't do it anymore. And that's what I want to do. Anthony Hopkins tired giving thinking When you're young, you're very insecure. And if I could learn, if I could revisit my own past I could say to myself, don't think too much, just get on and do it. Anthony Hopkins insecure past thinking I’m not young anymore. I don’t wanna start over again. Anthony Hopkins young glad want I think one of the things you have to have is a respect for the camera, a real respect, and a real love for it, and to really, when I say take it seriously, quote 'seriously', I mean not patronize it. It's a big mistake to patronize it and think it's a third rate medium, because it's not, it's a great art form. Anthony Hopkins real mistake art I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor if I wasn't. Anthony Hopkins ruthless actors strong I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school. Anthony Hopkins elephants children school I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that. Anthony Hopkins actors want directors I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there. Anthony Hopkins childhood three dream That's what happens if you don't address the darkness in you. You become repressed and depressed and suicidal. Anthony Hopkins suicidal addresses darkness The movie industry is full of crazy people who think that they are god. Anthony Hopkins crazy people thinking The reward is in the doing of it. Anthony Hopkins rewards meaningful I love to read, and so I've been reading everything I can, not intensely, but I love to read so I read "Origin of Species" by Darwin and I can't make head or tail of E=MC squared by Einstein, but I try to baffle my way through that. Anthony Hopkins heads-or-tails reading trying People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious. Anthony Hopkins psychology people thinking
